Folding umbrella.



I. EKLUND.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24. 1911.

Patented Apr. 11,1916.

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FOLDING UMBRELLA.

Original application filed April 16, 1910, Serial No. 555,815. Divide dand 1911'. Serial No. 635,075.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, ISAK EKLUND, a subject of the Kingdomof Sweden,residing at Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Umbrellas, of

which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to improvements in V folding umbrellas of thatkind having a te1- understood, reference is had .to' the accom- 1panying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which drawing;

- Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section,-

of a fragment of the umbrella. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section ofthe runner. pFigs. 3 and 4: are sectional details showing the stickstructure, 1 i r.

. Thestick of the umbrella comprises ahandle section 5' which may have agrip 6 at its inner end, which inner end has an'internal plug .7 for apurpose to be hereinafter de scribed. Intovthe outer end of the handlesection 5 telescopes the inner end of the intermediate section 8, intothe outer end of which, in turn, telescopes the inner end of the endsection 9,:at the outer end of which section is rigidly affixed the nut10 to which the inner ends of the ribs 11 are secured,

The stick sections are all formed of hollow tubing, preferably hexagonalin cross-section, as shown, so as to prevent the rotation of one withrespect to the other, and the sections 5 and 8 are provided,:adjacent totheir outer ends, with openingsQt adapted, when the sections areextendedfto receivetherethrough spring-actuated'dogs 12 carried by theinner ends of sections 8 and 9, respectively, whereby the entire removalof see-V 'tions 8 and 9 and the accidental collapsing thereof isprevented, these dogs being, however, automatically releasablewhen'collaps ing'is desired, as will beshown. The dogs 12 are both alikeand descriptionof the one Specification of Letters Patent. I

'moved outwardly,

Patented Apr. 11, 1916. this application filed June 24,

in the end section will, therefore, suffice to cover them both. As shownin Fig. 3, the

dog comprises a shank13 pivoted at itsrear end between the-extensions 14of a U-shaped member 15 inserted in'the adjacent end of the StlClQ'thGfulcrum ofsaid shank being a transverse-rivet.16.,eXtending through thestick section and thus serving also to hold member 15.. '1he' freeend ofshank 13 has a side shoulder. 17 projecting through a slot inthe sticksection,'and is also provided with an extension nose '18 having an innerslop-' ing surface-'19. A leaf spring 20, the. outer end ofwhich issecured between: the inner surface of the stick section and an internal7 sleeve 21-forced in the endther'eof, presses against shank .13togforce its shoulder 17 through the aperture, thus causing thedog tonormally assume an angular position whereby the outer end ofthe saidshoulder 17- extends outwardly beyondf the inner end 5 thereof. Thuswhenthe inner end of the end section 9"is-pressed within the intermediate section-S to such an extent that the outer: end of the-latterabuts against the rib nut 10, forming a stop, the said inner end of theend section 9- will ride the sloping surfa'ce'19of theextensionof dog'-12 of section 8- and force its headinwardly, withdrawing the inner endof the shoulder 17 beyond the 7 slot or opening 24 of the sticksectionj5; so. that section 8 may thenstart" its inward .movement,although even when pressed in- I wardly, the outer edge of i saidshoulder would still project far enough to engage the side of theopening should. section 8 be The dog 12of the end in like manner by'theinner end of an in section 9 is operated f ternal sleeve 22arrangedwithin said secjtion andprovided, adjacent to its inner" end, v

with a; slot 23, through which extends a transverse rivet 23 projectingthrough'th'e V wall of 's'ecti on 9' to limit the sliding movement ofsaidsleeve 22' toja'; veryshort one I and one whi'ch will'not aflect theouter runner catch 25; This runnercatch 25 com:

'prisesa shank 26 gradually enlarged "toward one end and having acut-out portion 27 in one side forming a' hook 28 at its ex-- tremitv,and a rounded shoulder 29 adjacent to said hook. I The inner end of theshank '26 is formed with a spring tail '30 inter mediately coiled aboutatransve'rse' rivet 26 extending through the sleeve 22, the extremity ofsaid tail bearing against the wall of said sleeve at a pointdiametrically opposite to its slot 31 through which the shank 26extends, said shank, of course, extending through a similar slot in theend section 9. As seen in Fig. 1, theouter end of this sleeve 22 carriesa transverse rivet 33, intermediately about which is curved one end of arigid heavy wire 34, the opposite end 85 of which is turned back thereonin spaced relation and has its extremity 36 bent very slightly in anoutward direction. This wire 34 forms a connection to the tip 87,telescopingly slidable within the outer end of the end section 9,and-which has a transverse slit adjacent to its inner end, and thematerial between said slit and said end is bent inwardly to provide acatch 38 to loosely receive the bent wire endi85 which projects intosaid tip. Thus the tip 37 may be moved the length of wire 3i independentof sleeve '22, and actuate said sleeve at the limits of sition, thisspring end 40 engages the outer surface of the rib nut 10 and,beingrigid with plug 42, takes the strain from the other parts. With thesections extended, it is only necessary to manually press spring end 40inwardly. The parts are then free so that tip 37 may slide in the endsection until it strikes and moves the sleeve 22 inwardly to the limitof its inward movement, when its inner end will engage and force the"dog 12 of the end section 9 inwardly to release said section and permitit to move inwardly within section 8 and release the dog 12 of thelatter so it, in turn, may move inwardly in section 5 until it strikesthe plug 7 of the latter, thereby rendering further inward movementimpossible, and preventing strainupon the ribs and stretchers.-

The runner comprises an inner sleeve 13 to one end of which 1s securedthe nut 44 to which the inner ends of the stretchers .45

are secured, and which has an aperture 46 adjacent to said nut, forthehook 28 ofthe anda reduced portion to depress said catch and release therunner'when said sleeve is moved upon the inner Sleeve, I provide withan outstanding flange 51 upon its end adjacent to the nut 11 of theinner sleeve, so that the operators fingers cannot engage said nut 44,and for a further purpose of forming a bearing point for one end of aspring 52 coiled about the inner sleeve 43 and bearing with itsoppositeend against the nut 14, to maintain the outer sleeve in such)OSltlOIl that the inner catch 49 cannot fail tospring out and hold therunner when the parts are being extended, this being essential in orderthat when the stick sections are being pulled out, the engagement of therunnerby its inner catch will cause the ribs to be pulled out in thesame operation. The outer catch prevents the umbrella blowing or turningwrong side out, and acts as a storm stop.

In order that the runner may be moved freely over the several dogs 12,and that the operators fingers may be prevented from being scratched orcut by coming into con,- tact with the edges of said dogs, I providereinforcing plates 53 suitably secured upon the surface of the sticksections 5 and 8, surrounding their openings which receive dogs 12,these plates 58 each having an integral enlargement or rib 54 upon itssurface at a point where the outer edgev of the dog shoulder 17projects, the inneredge of this shoulder being flush with the surface ofthe plate.

I claim: r

1. An umbrella embodying a stick having upper and lower runner catches,the upper runner catch having a hook and a rounded shoulder .below thesame, and a runner comprising inner and outer relatively slidablesleeves, the outer sleeve beingimperforate and having an intermediatediametrically enlarged portion, the inner sleeve having apertures.-.enga'geable respectively by the lower runner catch and the'hook ofthe upper runner catch, the shoulder of the upper runner catch beingadapted to enter the aperture for the. lower runner catch, said aperturebeing normally covered by the aforesaid intermediate enlarged-portion ofthe sleeve, and the outer sleeve having parts onyopposite sides of saidenlargedportion engageable with the lower runner catch and the shoulderof the upper runner catch for disengaging sald catches from theapertures.

upper and lower runner'catches, the upper runner catch having a hook andarounded shoulder below the same, and a runner comprisinginner and outerrelatively slidable sleeves, the inner sleeve having aperturesengageable respectively by the lower runner catch and the hook of theupper runner catch, the shoulder of the upper runner catch being adaptedto enter the aperture 2. An umbrella embodying a stick having e for thelower runner catch,-and the outer sleeve having means engageable withthe lower runner catch and. the shoulder of the upper runner catch fordisengaging said catches from the apertures, said outer sleeve If:having an intermediate enlarged portion encircling the aperture'for thelower runner catch and. the shoulder of the upper runner catch, theaperture for the upper runner catch being normally beyond the outersleeve and exposed, and a spring engageable 10 i with the outer-sleevefor holding the same spaced from the last-mentioned aperture.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofl'atents,

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